MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
electronic education technology are providing the means for
humans
all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massive online courses are
customarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can we
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Djibouti to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
manage
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desideratum
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
these
interesting new open education
endeavours.
Lecturers want
to know how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
developing
need for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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